Transcript Welcome to Year 6

Welcome to Year 5
Aims of the session
 Introduce the Year 5 team
 New timings of the day
 Attendance and Punctuality
Golden
Eagle
class
 Year 5 topics including trips
 Learning and Homework – expectations
 SATs
 Behaviour policy, anti-bullying, E-safety
 Communication, Meeting with teachers
 Other – uniform, school dinners, sex
Green education.
Woodpecker class
Introducing the Year 5 Team
 Mrs Deacon – Golden Eagle
 Mr Eustace – Green Woodpecker
 Mrs Iles
 Mrs Hedges
 Sports coaches
New timings of the day
 8.40 children to start coming into classrooms to start Early
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Morning Work (enter through back doors)
8.50 KS2 register
10.25 break time (apart from Tuesday when we have a later
assembly and then break at 10.45)
12.20 KS2 lunch time starts
1.10 KS2 lunch time finishes
3.20 KS2 finish the school day. (Pick up at green gates
please.)
If you need to speak to your child’s teacher in morning or at
the end of day, please come through the main entrance to
the Pier building and not to the back doors.
Attendance and Punctuality
 Doors open at 8.40am
 In class by 8.50am (‘late’ after this time)
 It is important that pupils endeavour to be on time so
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as not to disrupt their own and others’ learning
After 9.30am – marked as absent for session
Below 85% attendance will be referred to EWO
Holidays not authorised in term time unless
exceptional circumstances
Sickness – 48 hours clear please (ring absence line)
Topics and Trips
Autumn
 Portishead past, present and future across the whole
school
 How did the Victorians make their mark? (Value: Humility)
STEAM museum - Swindon, Local walks, WOW day- Victorian
school day
Spring
 How did Prehistoric people make their mark? (Value: Creativity)
Cheddar Gorge, WOW day- clan day
Summer
 How Can We Make Our Mark Now and in the Future?
(Value: Responsibility)
 Bristol Docks and ZaZa Bazaar, Waitrose Dragon’s
Den Challenge
Voluntary Contributions
Learning & Homework
 Spellings— tested weekly.
 Reading— at least 3 times a week (books / bug club),
reading journal
 English / Topic—you child will either have a series of
short term tasks or a longer term task to complete. We
will give you instructions for each task to write in
homework book and a project letter where necessary
 Maths—homework to be confirmed. Sometimes
additional homework may be given where appropriate
to consolidate learning in class. Remember to learn
your times tables too for the ‘X Table Challenge!’.
Behaviour policy & Anti Bullying Policy
Bullying records
If you have any concerns
about bullying or
friendship issues, please
come and see us sooner
rather than later.
We take bullying very
seriously and have
rigorous system of
recording to help us
tackle any issues.
Our class contract has already been established and we want to
work towards a positive working atmosphere.
Rewards
 Positive verbal praise and/or positive written praise in
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books. Going up the rocket.
Good behaviour reward card (to be shared with parents)
Sharing success with others in class, e.g. merits and
stickers
Merit certificate in assemblies – linked to house system
Whole class ‘treat’ based on reward systems
St Peter’s Hero Award
 Lunchtimes
 Play Fair, Play Safe, Play Together
Sanctions
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1. Verbal warnings or reprimand
2. Moved on individual class behaviour system
3. Move/isolate in class
4. Temporary relocation to another class/area for up to
10 minutes
5. Child sent to Key Stage Leader and parents informed
by the class teacher
6. Break-time detention and parents informed using a
standard letter which is signed by the KS Leader
7. Child seen by Deputy Head or Head Teacher and
parents informed
8. Exclusions; all exclusions will follow DFE guidelines
E-safety & Safeguarding
 Strict e-safety protocols in school
 Working with home to promote e-safety
 No Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or similar accounts
please
 Mobile phones – permission letter should be given to
us; mobiles turned off while on school premises;
mobiles are kept in our cupboard during the day but
are not our responsibility
 Safeguarding: designated teachers – photos displayed
in the welcome area (Mrs Roberts, Mrs Ashman and
Mrs Baldwin-Wheat).
Communication
 Welcome Desk
 Uniform orders, holiday in term time requests, change
of parent contact details, late arrivals/early
departures
 School post box, PSA letter box, dinner money
 Weekly newsletters/website
 Answerphone/Absence line:
 01275 843142, option 1
 Communicating with class teachers
 Homework diaries/note (given in by pupil)
 After-school (not Wednesday please) by appointment
 Parents Evenings/Reports
Communicationwebsite
Other
 Dinners and FSM
 Sex Education
 Parent helpers
 Uniform – part of being a member of St Peter’s
 PE on Thursdays (teacher led) and Fridays (with sports
coach). No swimming in Year 5 except for children who
have not learnt to swim a length yet.
Other
 Bikeability - wb 22nd September
 Mill on Brue Y6 trip- can make payments during Year 5
 Opening Ceremony 1st October – please could children
bring their Victorian WOW day costume in as will
need to wear this during the afternoon
 WOW day 15th September – please join us for a cuppa
at 2.30pm.